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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 22, 2006
Filed:
Jul. 17, 2002
Hiromitsu Nakayama, Kanagawa-ken, JP;
Susumu Kubota, Kanagawa-ken, JP;
Yasuhiro Taniguchi, Kanagawa-ken, JP;
Hiromitsu Nakayama, Kanagawa-ken, JP;
Susumu Kubota, Kanagawa-ken, JP;
Yasuhiro Taniguchi, Kanagawa-ken, JP;
Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An image input unit inputs a plurality of images in a time series. Each input image includes a boundary line extending toward a vanishing point on a plane. A reverse projection image generation unit generates a reverse projection image of each input image by projecting information related to each input image onto the plane. A boundary line detection unit detects the boundary line from the reverse projection image by identifying a boundary line candidate on each reverse projection image.